¡Feliz Día de Sant Jordi! Happy St George's Day!

[Ricardodaforce]

So who's celebrating and flying a flag?

 

[phil8139]

me, we're a quiet lot us englanders

 

[Ian D J]

 

[Steve Smith]

We used to have a patron saint of England who actually came from England.

St Edmund the Martyr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr

But it is fun to point out to the bigoted, Daily Mail reading types that St George was A Greek (or Turkish) officer in the Roman army who never set foot in England, is the patron saint of seventeen countries and is celebrated by Muslims as well as Christians.

I think St Edmund should be re-instated and his day made a national holiday. We can still celebrate the 23rd of April as it was Shakespeare's birthday.


Steve.

 

[AJQS]

We used to have a patron saint of England who actually came from England.

St Edmund the Martyr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr

But it is fun to point out to the bigoted, Daily Mail reading types that St George was A Greek (or Turkish) officer in the Roman army who never set foot in England, is the patron saint of seventeen countries and is celebrated by Muslims as well as Christians.

I think St Edmund should be re-instated and his day made a national holiday. We can still celebrate the 23rd of April as it was Shakespeare's birthday.


Steve.

so who decided on St George as his replacement? was there a sweepstake?

 

[kelack]

Early days X Factor I think

 

[phil8139]

We used to have a patron saint of England who actually came from England.

St Edmund the Martyr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr

But it is fun to point out to the bigoted, Daily Mail reading types that St George was A Greek (or Turkish) officer in the Roman army who never set foot in England, is the patron saint of seventeen countries and is celebrated by Muslims as well as Christians.

I think St Edmund should be re-instated and his day made a national holiday. We can still celebrate the 23rd of April as it was Shakespeare's birthday.


Steve.

But you're not English, you're off the mainland in quarantine

 

[Mike-a]

I'm celebrating St. Georges day. Long live Asda clothing!

 

[Steve Smith]

But you're not English, you're off the mainland in quarantine

That's true. We escaped in the 1970s.


Steve.

 

[Steve Smith]

Early days X Factor I think

St Edmund got through to the final stages of Britain's Got Saints but was voted off by Sir Simon of Cowell despite clearly being the audience's favourite.


Steve.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

I suspect more people saw the flag of St George on the Barça jerseys last night than in their towns!